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<section article="gel" article_name="Election Law" number="3-204.1" title_number="3" title_name="Voter Registration" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Methods of Application">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The State Board may operate an online voter registration system that allows an individual to electronically:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>apply to become a registered voter; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>change the individual’s name, address, or party affiliation in the individual’s existing voter registration record.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>To apply to register to vote through the online voter registration system, an individual shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>complete the electronic voter registration application;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>affirmatively attest, subject to the penalties of perjury, that the information contained in the voter registration application is true and that the applicant meets all of the qualifications to become a registered voter;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>provide one of the following:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>a Maryland driver’s license number or Maryland identification card number, the last four digits of the individual’s Social Security number, and other information identified by the State Board that is not generally available to the public but is readily available to the individual; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>if the individual is an absent uniformed services voter or overseas voter as defined in the federal Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act and does not have a Maryland driver’s license or Maryland identification card, a Social Security number; and</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>affirmatively consent to the use of one of the following as the individual’s signature for the application being submitted:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the electronic copy of the individual’s signature that is on file with the Motor Vehicle Administration; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the individual’s Social Security number.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>To change an individual’s name, address, or party affiliation in the individual’s existing voter registration record, an individual shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>complete the electronic voter registration application;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>affirmatively attest, subject to the penalties of perjury, that the information contained in the voter registration application is true and that the applicant meets all of the qualifications to be a registered voter;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>provide one of the following:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>a Maryland driver’s license number or Maryland identification card number, the last four digits of the individual’s Social Security number, and other information identified by the State Board that is not generally available to the public but is readily available to the individual; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>if the individual is an absent uniformed services voter or overseas voter as defined in the federal Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act and does not have a Maryland driver’s license or Maryland identification card, a Social Security number; and</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>affirmatively consent to the use of one of the following as the individual’s signature for the application being submitted:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the electronic copy of the individual’s signature that is on file with the Motor Vehicle Administration; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the individual’s Social Security number.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>The Motor Vehicle Administration shall transmit an electronic copy of an individual’s driver’s license or identification card signature to the State Board within 5 days of being notified by the State Board that the individual submitted a voter registration application through the online voter registration system.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>The State Board may:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>take any additional measures it deems necessary to ensure the integrity and accuracy of voter registration applications submitted through the online voter registration system; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>adopt any regulations necessary to administer the online voter registration system.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
